DOTD head talks BAFB entrance project

02/09/2018

Dr. Shawn Wilson, secretary of the Louisiana Dept. of Transportation
and Development (DOTD) was in Bossier City Thursday to talk with local
leaders about the $90 million project for entrance to Barksdale Air
Force Base off I-20 and I-220.

Wilson praised all those who "have
worked so diligently in support of this project." He thanked the
Bossier Parish Police Jury, city of Bossier City and the Northwest
Louisiana Council of Governments for putting up a total of $18 million
as local government's share of the funding.

(Photos: Dr. Shawn Wilson (left) receives a copy of a Bossier Parish
Police Jury resolution from jury president Glenn Benton adopted to thank
him and the State of Louisiana for securing funding for the Barksdale
Air Force Base entrance.
Attending Dr. Wilson's conference were
local leaders and members of the Bossier Parish Police Jury, officials
from the city of Bossier City and the NLCOG.)